Gourd container

Museum number:
5-13889
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Accession number:
Acc.3524
Description:
Gourd container with wire designs; alternating three-lobed and linear designs in copper and brass wire piercing gourd; sawtooth edge at top; several cracks; maximum width 11.6 cm; height ca. 10 cm.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
South Africa; Natal; Zulu or Kaffir attr.
Culture or time period:
Zulu
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
Before March 1980
Materials:
Metal (wire)
Taxon:
Lagenaria siceraria
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles) and Gourds (plant components)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Context of use:
Container; possibly once had a top. Cf. 5-12916 for specimen using same technique.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd container, accession number 5-13889, described as Gourd container with wire designs; alternating three-lobed and linear designs in copper and brass wire piercing gourd; sawtooth edge at top; several cracks; maximum width 11.6 cm; height ca. 10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd container, accession number 5-13889, described as Gourd container with wire designs; alternating three-lobed and linear designs in copper and brass wire piercing gourd; sawtooth edge at top; several cracks; maximum width 11.6 cm; height ca. 10 cm.

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